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HAF F-4E Phantom II, Hasegawa 1/48

After the basic buildwas finished, I prepared the model for the painting. I washed it with soap water to remove any grease from my hands and dust residues.

I airbrushed the model, fuel tanks and other main pieces with Mig Ammo ‘’One Shot’’ primer. Using primers we can detect any flaws in our models and prepare the surface for the paint.

The next step was to spray the underside of the model with Mig Ammo /Alclad Gloss Black Primer (ALC 305) to prepare the surface for the aluminium color.

Then, I prepared the upper surfaces by sanding them using Micromesh gradually from 3600 grit to 12000 grit to smooth any rough texture.

Next step was spraying the lower surfaces in several lightcoats with Mig Ammo / Alclad Aluminium (ALC 101)

I covered the already painted lower surfaces with masking tape and started the preshading in the upper fuselage, wing surfaces and fuel tanks using flat black (Tamiya XF-1)

Then the fun stage began….Painting! I started by spraying the basic color of the ‘’Aegean Blue" camouflage, which was Mig Ammo ANA 608 Intermediate Blue (FS 35164)

Then I started to spray various areas with different color ratios, using the basic color mixed with flat white (Mig Ammo 050)

Based on the real aircraft reference pics I realized that had some very faded areas. So I used a mix of colors trying to achieve the best possible result. For that I used the basic color mixed with flat white and some drops (not too much) of Pastel Blue from Vallejo (70901)

I wanted to give some depth and shadows in my cammo pattern so I sprayed the panel lines and specific panels using Tamiya’s X-19 Smoke.

Note : The two black rectangles with white outline in the wing root were masked & painted because no decals were included in the kit. Then it was time to seal the paint and for that I used the excellent new Mig Ammo Gloss Varnish from “Lucky’’ series.

It was time to repaint the exhaust area and for that I used Mig Ammo / Alclad Gloss Black Primer (ALC 305) to prepare the area for the NMF finish.

Then I used Alclad’s Gloss Aqua Varnish (ALC 600) to seal the lower surfaces. The wheel wells and the airbrake area were painted with Off White and interior green.

For the upper exhaust area’s NMF finish I used Mig Ammo / Alclad Duraluminium (ALC 102) and a mix of the same color, adding 2-3 drops of Jet Exhaust (ALC 113) for the darker panel in the same upper areas.

I used ‘’Icarus Decals’’ decal sheets (48003 & 48004 for stencils). It was very time-consuming but was worth it.

After fixing the decals, I used again the ‘’Lucky’’ series Mig Ammo gloss varnish to seal the decals and protect them from the upcoming weathering procedure. I sprayed all the upper surfaces but I tried to avoid the NMF areas.

Weathering procedure started in the upper surfaces of the model by using Panel Lines Washes from Mig Ammo PLW range. I chose to use Mig Ammo PLW 1603 Dark Sea Blue. I applied the wash in the panel lines using a fine tip brush.

For removing the panel line wash I used a cotton bud with some Mig Ammo odourless enamel thinners (A.Mig 2019). The cotton bud has to have the least quantity of thinners. So dip it to the thinners and wipe it in a kitchen towel to remove the excess.

For the lower surfaces I used Mig Ammo PLW 1617 Blue Black.

After removing the wash from the upper and lower surfaces the result was very nice…

Based again on reference pics of the real aircraft, I saw some heat stains and dirty areas on the upper NMF exhaust areas. So I decided to use some Alclad Transparent Smoke (ALC 405) to depict them.

For the weathering of the wheel wells I used Mig Ammo PLW Black Night 1611 and used odourless enamel thinners to clean the excess.

The final weathering touches involved the new Mig Ammo product which is the Oilbrusher. I used the black color to depict oil leaks and stains in the flaps and the main wings areas but also in the stabilators. I made small color dots, let them dry for 10 minutes and after that I gave them shape and blended them using enamel odourless thinners with some flat brush.

The same procedure was followed for the lower flaps area.

After the weathering stage was finished I sprayed the whole model (but not the NMF areas) using the Mig Ammo ‘’Lucky’’ series Satin Varnish.

Last work was to prepare the missiles and their launchers, the fuel tanks and ejection seats. I used two Brassin AIM-9L and two AIM-9J for that, based on the real aircraft pictures. I found Brassin missiles excellent.

Seeing the real aircraft fuel tanks I realized that some extra treatment was needed. So I decided to use Mig Ammo rubber and tires color highly thinned with Mig Ammo acrylic thinners for shading and making dirty areas but also Oilbrusher color Buff. I made small dots and blended the color with a flat brush. Finally, the Verlinden Mk 7 seats were excellent and using reference pics and various acrylics I painted them as better as I could. A final PLW Black night wash emphasizes all the details!

You can follow the full build step-by-step, with more photos, in the photogallery below...